- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
Political participation - Location:
- United States, New Jersey, Atlantic County, Atlantic City, 39.36415, -74.42306
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Members of the Freedom Democratic Party from Mississippi wait for a hearing to begin to determine whether they will be able to represent Mississippi in Democratic National Convention sessions. Caption on photo reads: (AC17) ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 22 -- FREEDOM GROUP AWAITS COMMITT'S VERDICT -- Members of the Freedom Democratic party delegation to the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City await the start of a hearing by the credentials committee today to determine whether they will represent Mississippi in convention sessions starting Monday night. They are seeking to be seated instead of the regular all-white delegation from Mississippi.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:04826
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu With the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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